Your experience with Stack's auctions & buying their raw coins ?

Billjr

Hi All
I'd love to hear of your experience with buying RAW coins from Stack's auctions & then having them slabbed at PCGS or NGC.
Did the Stack's descriptions & assigned grades stand the test of third party grading ?
Were you delighted, or disappointed ?
What were your experiences ?
Thanks !
Bill in FL

cosmicdebris

Never bid on a black and white image from a Stack's auction.

markglicker

Stacks is a good house, but I always have a question about non slabbed coin sales. It seems simple enough to get them TPG'd.

Barry

Always have a dealer evaluate the coins in person and represent you at bidding. It's worth it.

Michigan

Stacks is not a fan of slabbed coins period. If they offer any at
all they usually put their opinion of the grade first and have the
slabbed grade at the end of the description.

PerryHall

Stacks is a dinosaur in the coin industry. They need to keep up with the times.

coinkat

I bought one coin from them...it was several years ago and the value of the coin has increased, so I am not complaining. But for the record, it was graded AU58.

JSsson

How does Stacks have access to so many uncertified coins?

jamesfsm

As to "access" to raw coins, I am told that Stacks sometimes cracks slabbed coins to auction raw. If you can grade or have a dealer rep, you can do well at Stacks I am told.